| Date: | 1936 |
| Colliery: | Ellington |
| Company: | |
| Cause: | Struck by tubs |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
| Category: | |
A heap lad, aged 14, and the holder of a safety badge, was killed at Ellington Colliery, Northumberland. He was stooping in order to read the number of the token attached to the back end of a full tub which was standing on the weighbridge, when he was struck and crushed against this tub by another full tub gravitating from the shaft top down a gradient of 1 in 72. With a view to preventing a similar accident, the weighbridge was moved and a lad stationed at each side of the road to read the tokens.
| Source: | 1936 Mines Inspectors Report |
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